Wheatstone Baritone Concertina ~ Leaving Lerwick Harbour

Dick Glasgow on Wheatsone Aeola Baritone English Concertina. {#31366 ~ 1927}

Dick Glasgow:
http://dickglasgow.blogspot.com/

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This beautiful tune is 'Leaving Lerwick Harbour' and was written by legendary Shetland Fiddler, the late Willie Hunter.
http://www.shetland-music.com/prominent_artists/artists_of_the_past/willie_hu...

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• English
• Wheatstone
• Aeola
• Baritone
• Concertina
• Dick
• Glasgow
• Music

[celticmodes]

Wow. Thanks so much for playing the baritone. I got a Jack not too long ago because I loved the sound and now you give me something to shoot for.

[Ptarmi]

Hey, your welcome.

By the way, my Baritone weighs 2041g!

I guess your Jack comes in at a 'friendlier weight! ;-)

Good Luck to you.

I wish you many happy hours playing.

Cheers

Dick

[Ptarmi]

"something to shoot for."

Hey, better that, than me & my playing giving you something to SHOOT AT! :-)

[martyn1954]

Hi Dick, the baritone sounds wonderful, so rich. Are you missing the Jeffries yet?

Best wishes

Martyn

[Ptarmi]

Hi Martyn,

Yes indeed, it was a bit of a wrench, parting with it, but I had a few tunes in Hughes, Dublin, with its new owner, so I know it has gone to a good home ... & a much better player too, so I'm happy about that.

Cheers

Dick

[pgtrimming]

Such a difference in tone compared with an instrument of higher pitch. Sounds good!

[Ptarmi]

Aye Peter, I guess there's a time & a place for all sizes of Concertina.

Somehow, sitting in front of a real fire of a Winters evening, playing the Baritone just feels so right!

On the other hand of course, maybe it's just my age! :-)

Cheers

Dick

[freethoughtmusic]

Very nice, lots of soul in it.

[Ptarmi]

Thanks Jim, glad you enjoyed it.

Ah Willie Hunter, now there was a master of the Slow Air.

Broughshane Fiddle maker, the late Sam Stevenson, always swore that nobody could play a slow air like Willie.

Unfortunately, I just don't think it's possible to get the same poignancy with a Concertina, as some can with a Fiddle.

Sadly, the only tears anyone is likely to shed when I play, will be because of my vast ineptitude! :-(

Cheers

Dick

[fiddle4u]

Great Dick -

And I think Scot's Fiddler Willie Hunter,,

Made an old LP- With this tune as the Title.

'' Lerwick Harbour '' Is the front cover Pic,,

LOVELY STUFF - DICK..

jim,,